Skiing, snowboarding, and sledding injuries in a Northwestern State

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 245-249

  Federiuk, Carol S ^a   Schlueter, Jamie L ^a   Adams, Annette L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Skiing; Sledding; Snowboarding; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RECREATION; SKIING; SLEDDING; SPINE INJURY; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; THORAX INJURY; WINTER;

EID: 0036913801     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2002)013[0245:SSASII]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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